More than 1,000 Scottish schools and 3,300 teachers have registered to use the project’s online resources, helping more pupils make the most of lessons with a computing element.

During 2018, teachers working in remote and rural schools will also be able to take part in live, interactive online workshops.

Brendan Dick, director of BT Scotland said: “We’ve made great progress with Barefoot since our Scottish launch a year ago, with 50% of schools now able to access resources to boost computing confidence, competence and creativity in classrooms nationwide.

“But naturally we want to get that figure as close to 100% as possible.

“Computational thinking provides the building blocks of the digital world – like logic, abstraction and algorithms.

“In an era shaped by tech, these are the core abilities children need. We want to make tech literacy as important as reading and writing from the start.”